Byron Berline
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Biography
[Edit]Like his contemporary Vassar Clements, fiddler Byron Berline expanded the sonic possibilities of bluegrass, adding elements of jazz, pop, blues, rock, and traditional country to the genre. In addition to being a popular solo act, he performed as a session musician on a number of albums, including records by the Flying Burrito Brothers, Stephen Stills, the Dillards, Gram Parsons, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, and James Taylor.
Berline learned to play from his father, an old-time fiddler. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played music with a campus folk group. In 1963, the Dillards played a concert on the University of Oklahoma campus. A friend of Berline's arranged an audition for him with Doug Dillard, who was so impressed he invited the young fiddler to join them for a number. Berline then joined the Cleveland Country Ramblers, and in 1964, he appeared on the Dillards' Pickin' and Fiddlin' and won the National Fiddle Championship in Missoula, MO. He played the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, where he met Bill Monroe, who told Berline that he wanted him to join the Blue Grass Boys in the future. In 1967, he graduated with a B.A. in education, but chose to join Monroe; his first appearance with the band was a show at the Grand Ole Opry. Six months after he joined the Blue Grass Boys, he was drafted into the U.S. Army.
Just before Berline was discharged from the Army in 1969, he was invited to join the Dillard & Clark Expedition. He remained with Dillard and Clark until 1971, when the group disbanded. While with them, he played sessions for a number of other artists, including the Flying Burrito Brothers' debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin. Following the breakup of Dillard & Clark, Berline played with the Dillard Expedition. In 1970, Berline scored the ABC television movie Run Simon Run, the first of many films he would score. In 1971, he toured with a revamped version of the Flying Burrito Brothers. Following the tour, Berline and fellow Burritos Roger Bush and Kenny Wertz formed the Country Gazette. During this time, he also continued with his session work, appearing on albums by Gram Parsons, Bert Jansch, Ian Matthews & Southern Comfort, and Bill Wyman.
In 1975, Berline left Country Gazette and moved to Los Angeles with his family, where he intended to concentrate on songwriting, session work, and scoring films. Later that year, he founded Sundance with Dan Crary, Jack Skinner, John Hickman, Allen Wald, and Skip Conover; the following year, Vince Gill and Mark Cohen joined the band. Sundance recorded one eponymous album in 1976 before disbanding. In the late '70s, Berline recruited Crary and Hickman for a tour of Japan. Following the tour, the trio recorded three albums for Sugar Hill; concurrently, Berline also founded the L.A. Fiddle Band.
In 1980, Berline founded the production company BCH with Crary and Hickman, and released a solo album, Outrageous, on Flying Fish. In 1981, the L.A. Fiddle Band released an eponymous solo album for Sugar Hill. Berline worked on Chris Hillman's 1984 album Desert Rose and also an album of duets with fiddler Hickman in 1986. Two years later, Berline, Crary, and Hickman changed the name of their trio to BCH and added bassist Steve Spurgin to their lineup. The new incarnation of BCH released Now They Are Four in 1988. The group added mandolinist/guitarist John Moore in 1990; following his addition, the bandmembers renamed themselves California, and released their first album, Traveler, in 1992. Berline also continued releasing his own efforts, including Fiddle & a Song (1995) and Flatbroke Fiddler (2005). In recent years Berline has owned and operated Byron’s Double Stop Fiddle Shop and Music Hall in Guthrie, OK, which not only sells a variety of stringed instruments but also serves as an ongoing venue for Berline’s latest performing outfit, the Byron Berline Band, a group formed by the fiddler in 1996.
Title: Red Dirt
Artist: Henson Cargill, Claire Lynch, Byron Berline, Acie Cargill
Title: Pickin' Up
Artist: Vassar Clements, Byron Berline, Red White
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: You'll Find Me on Main Street
Artist: Byron Berline, Tammy Tuckey, Mike McKee
Genre: Easy Listening
Collections
Title: The Greatest Bluegrass Artists
Genre: Country
Title: Classic Country Tales
Genre: Country
Title: Instrumental Classic Country Hits
Genre: Country
Title: Square Dance Music
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Fiddle
Genre: Country
Title: Cajun Waltzing
Genre: World Music
Title: Cajun Nuggets
Genre: World Music, Country
Title: A Beginners Guide to: Cajun
Genre: World Music
Title: A Beginners Guide to: Cajun
Genre: Country
Title: Blue Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: Instrumental Bluegrass - Best Of
Genre: Country
Title: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Fiddle
Genre: World Music
Title: Discover Cajun Country
Genre: Country
Title: Acoustic Bluegrass Ballads
Genre: Country
Title: Country Music - Songs of Praise
Genre: Country
Title: A Beginners Guide To Pedal Steel
Genre: Country
Title: Traditional Classic Country
Genre: Country
Title: Country: Travelin' Songs
Genre: Blues
Title: Pickin' and Grinnin'
Genre: Jazz
Title: Country Rags and Reels
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Summer
Genre: Country
Title: Southern Songs - Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: Discover Jazz Country
Genre: Country
Title: Country Fiddlers
Genre: Country
Title: Appalachia: The Best of Bluegrass, Vol. 3
Genre: Country
Title: Classic Bluegrass Master Pickers
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Love Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Essential Bluegrass Fiddle
Genre: Folk
Title: A Beginners Guide To Classic Country Violin
Genre: Country
Title: The Reel Thing
Genre: Country
Title: Instrumental Bluegrass - Fiddle
Genre: Country
Title: American Bluegrass Boys
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Fiddler's
Genre: Country
Title: Discover Instrumental Country
Genre: Country
Title: Best Instrumental Country
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Dancing
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Greats
Genre: Country
Title: Bluegrass Cowboy Songs
Genre: Country
Title: 25 Years Of Rounder Records Hand-Picked (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Bluegrass Essentials (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk